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الحتف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns death, specifically a natural or peaceful death. It also includes derived terms for a type of snake and historical figures, likely named after this concept.

Derived headwords

حَتَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieboth

    To meet one's death, especially a natural or peaceful one.

حَتْفnoun
  1. 1.
    deathboth

    Death, particularly a natural death that occurs without violence or external cause.

حَتْفُ أَنْفِهِnoun
  1. 1.
    natural deathclassical

    Dying on one's bed or in one's own home, without being killed, struck, drowned, or burned.

حَتْفٌ فِيهِnoun
  1. 1.
    natural deathclassical

    A natural death, similar to 'death of his own nose'.

حَتْفُ أَنْفَيْهِnoun
  1. 1.
    natural deathclassical

    Dying on one's bed, a specific instance of natural death.

حُتُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    deathsboth

    Plural of حَتْف (death), referring to instances of death.

حَتْفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    deadlyclassical

    Describing a snake as deadly or fatal.

الحُتَيْفname
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    Al-Ḥutayfclassical

    A name, possibly derived from the root, referring to Ibn Al-Sijf, a Persian poet, or Ibn Zayd ibn Ja'ūnah, a genealogist.

Parallel reading

الحتف: الموت.
Al-ḥatf: death.
ومات حتف أنفه
And he died a natural death (lit. death of his nose).
وحَتْفٌ فِيهِ
And a natural death within it.
قليل، وحتف أنفيه
Little, and death of his two noses (meaning natural death).
أي: على فراشه من غير قتل ولا ضرب ولا غرق ولا حرق
Meaning: on his bed without being killed, struck, drowned, or burned.
وخص الأنف لأنه أراد أن روحه تخرج من أنفه بتتابع نفسه
And the nose was specified because he intended that his soul exit from his nose with the succession of his breaths.
أو لأنهم كانوا يتخيلون أن المريض تخرج روحه من أنفه والجريح من جراحته
Or because they imagined that the soul of the sick person exits from his nose and the wounded person from his wound.
ج: حتوف.
Plural: ḥutūf (deaths).
وحية حتفة: نعت لها.
And a deadly snake: an adjective for it.
والحتيف، كزبير: ابن السجف، واسمه: الربيع بن عمرو، شاعر فارس
And Al-Ḥutayf, like Zubayr: Ibn Al-Sijf, and his name is Al-Rabīʿ ibn ʿAmr, a Persian poet.
أو هو حنتف، وابن زيد بن جعونة النسابة.
Or he is Ḥantaf, and Ibn Zayd ibn Jaʿūnah the genealogist.